Key: G minor
Verse 1
Em
G
D
Em
G
D
Down
city street,
G
D
watching life fall to its feet
G
D
and asked me for the time of year
C
D
Em
G
And all along the Lamberty Road
C
D
B
G
Some fool had put up his show
F
D
Am
D
Am
D
D
Em
With eyes that say a lot
D
C
D
B
G
Didn't nobody teach them to smile
C
B
Is it safe for that one dancing star
G
A
With a dark yard prince down
F
D
Am
D
Am
D
the aisle?
E
A
D
I'm going back to the city life
E
A
D
Maybe grab me a good while
E
A
D
Going back to the city life
B
C
In a box by the door
B
C
Tell me who could mean more
B
Em
Than a city life
B
C
B
Oh -oh -oh -oh
C
B
city life, city life
Bm
Em
My friend, I know he likes his beer
G
D
and his wildcat strikes
G
D
sweet taste of paradise
C
D
Em
G
But he sees that the back door is closed
C
B
G
To paint his life it is old
A
F
For him there is no back road
D
Am
D
Am
D
Verse 2
E
A
D
E
Goin' back to the city life
Verse 3
D
E
white
Verse 4
Verse 5
C
B
Where geraniums grow
B
C
Tell me who could need more
B
Em
B
than a city life
Gaug
C
B
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
C
B
city life, city life
G
D
Eyes that tell a tale
G
D
God bless the government
C
B
G
And my father, he knew, Lord George
C
B
Sure, get yourself insured
Em
A
Yes, my father knew,
F
D
Am
D
Am
D
Lord George
E
A
D
Goin' back to St. Louis
E
A
D
Maybe it grabbed me for a while
E
A
D
I'm going back to the city life
B
C
in a box by the door
B
C
Tell me who could need more
B
Em
Gaug
than a city life
C
Bm
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
C
B
city life, city life
E
A
D
Goin' back to the city life
E
A
D
Baby, grab me a pretty wife
E
A
D
Goin' back to the city life
B
C
In a box by the door
B
C
Tell me who could need more
B
Em
than a city light
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